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More deals done, but resale private home prices fell to 18-month low in June: SRX

SINGAPORE — Resale prices for non-landed private residential homes continued to fall in June, reaching a 1.5-year low, according to the latest report by the Singapore Real Estate Exchange (SRX) today (July 14).

Overall resale prices fell 1.4 per cent month-on-month to hit an 18-month low, with prices at their lowest since December 2012, according to the SRX Flash Report. Compared to the price peak in January this year, June prices are 4.7 per cent lower.

Prices fell for all three regions – Rest of Central Region (RCR), Core Central Region (CCR) and Outside Central Region (OCR) – with the city fringe area leading the fall by 3.2 per cent. This was followed by the core central area and the suburbs, which dropped 1.7 per cent and 0.3 per cent, respectively, SRX said.

The majority of districts – or 15 of 24 districts – saw zero or negative median Transaction Over X-value (TOX) in June. For districts with more than 10 resale transactions, districts 15 (Katong, Joo Chiat and Amber Road) and 10 (Bukit Timah, Holland Road and Tanglin) had the lowest median TOX at negative S$50,000 and negative S$37,000, respectively.

The number of resale transactions went up though, registering a 7.9 per cent month-on-month growth to reach an estimated 452 deals in June. Resale volume has gone up by 53.7 per cent since the beginning of year, the report said.

In terms of rental deals, prices slipped 0.8 per cent compared to May while volume went up 2.2 per cent over the same period. An estimated 3,151 whole units were rented out last month, according to SRX. CHANNEL NEWSASIA